Thank you I have corrected the date of his birth, yes I know from the 1911 UK census when he arrived in England, also it showed what regiment he was in and where he was from so that helped a lot. Yes, he married in 1915 to my grandmother who was from St Austell in Cornwall, I will be applying for a copy of the marriage certificate, hopefully that will provide me with his parents names. It would be nice as I was very close to him, I was 12 years old when he died but we used to have long chats, he was a wonderful story teller however, he never spoke of his family I guess really would love to know more about where he really came from. Thanks once again for your help.